George Hotz is saying that he has finally hacked the PS3. More info can be found here and here.
He said it may be months before he reveals it though...
Full Version: Ps3 Hacked !
From the person that first hacked the iphone:
Nothing useable yet, but homebrew could hopefully be a reality in the near future.
QUOTE
I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1.
3 years, 2 months, 11 days…thats a pretty secure system
Took 5 weeks, 3 in Boston, 2 here, very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software.
3 years, 2 months, 11 days…thats a pretty secure system
Took 5 weeks, 3 in Boston, 2 here, very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software.
Nothing useable yet, but homebrew could hopefully be a reality in the near future.
Knew it would happen eventually. Where there is a will there is a way.
If you think Im going to waste 25-50GB on a game....think again :P. I would use this for homebrew games and hopefull emulators will start popping up for PSX, PS2 etc.
Hopefully a ISO loader will be developed instead of wasting (currently) expensive BD's
Hopefully a ISO loader will be developed instead of wasting (currently) expensive BD's
Great news! Will be interesting to see how this develops in the future.
QUOTE (L0G @ Jan 24 2010, 04:28 AM) 
If you think Im going to waste 25-50GB on a game....think again :P. I would use this for homebrew games and hopefull emulators will start popping up for PSX, PS2 etc.
Hopefully a ISO loader will be developed instead of wasting (currently) expensive BD's
Hopefully a ISO loader will be developed instead of wasting (currently) expensive BD's
That's a good point: a hack like this might induce more hardcopy piracy rather than filesharing
Well at least one game fits on a DVD5:
"...the game he chose happened to fit on a standard DVD-R, he opted to burn it to one (in this case) instead of using a Blu-ray Disc Recordable... which is logical as it saves money too." (PS3News)
Here's some more news:
Sources
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8478764.stm
http://www.ps3news.com/forums/site-news/br...able-75883.html
http://forums.qj.net/ps3-hacks-exploits-ho...sdk-leaked.html
"...the game he chose happened to fit on a standard DVD-R, he opted to burn it to one (in this case) instead of using a Blu-ray Disc Recordable... which is logical as it saves money too." (PS3News)
Here's some more news:
- PS3 SDK leaked.
- So far works on PS3 Phat (needs 'otheros')
- Hack will allow PS2 games to be played
Sources
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8478764.stm
http://www.ps3news.com/forums/site-news/br...able-75883.html
http://forums.qj.net/ps3-hacks-exploits-ho...sdk-leaked.html
Exploit went public: http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/01/here...er-platter.html
Sony are releasing an update for the PS3 tomorrow to stop the installation of 3rd party OS's. What they mean is you can't install Linux to allow you to mod/hack the system.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.